Today is an important day and we should never forget to fight for our rights. So many people don’t have their freedom, we have freedom of speech so we have to use it and help them!!

Great post.

I remember the initiative, Max said something about it on her blog. It was a very good idea and all the big organizations supported it.

I wish I could be as much committed as Max Dana is…… But I do my best to follow what is happening in the world. It’s not enough but I try to listen and understand.

Thank you the Sama Team for this great post about the International Human Rights Day 2009! I was curious to know if Max Dana did something this year and I checked the Every Human Has rights website but there was nothing really new on it.

What Kenneth Roth says is so true….. Like you said, I also have my doubts but I know I have to fight back and not let things happen. I was also very inspired by Max’s commitment and her words really talked to me. We have to fight! FIGHT!

Agreed..

I’m like Witz, I think I do my best to keep in touch with what’s happening in the world but it sometimes is so demoralizing

Same here. I’d say powerless

hello everyone i am very happy to be with you on the gazette for that day because where i come from in cote d’ivoire the life is not easy. it is so great to see people trying to help each other that is what we need today. and also i would like to tell max dana the organisation i work for would be so honored if she accepts to come and visit us in cote d’ivoire. i sent you an invitation before i post this comment and i used the contact form i hope it will reach max dana.

thank you everyone!

I’m an ignorant, uncultured man.

Human rights don’t even exist

Yeah, I like your optimism but there is little to celebrate. This has been another bad year for human rights. And what can we change to that? Nothing much, I’m afraid..

Toby.

I am always wondering if we should celebrate this day. Toby is right, many things have still to be changed but if we stay steady and don’t do anything, then of course, nothing will ever change. That’s why I agree with the Sama Team and the ones who think we can change things but we will need everyone.

True, international community don’t do much………… Sad but true

I’ll be honest: Human Rights Day was not a different day for me, people didn’t talk about it at work and my friends didn’t mention it either.

How do you want people to be committed if they don’t care? We unfortunately, don’t all have a mentor like Max Dana nearby to motivate us everyday

I was at the Trocadéro in Paris last year and I can tell you there were many people and they believe we can change our world and make it better!

Believe please so we can change our world!

I’m ashamed. I played Modern Warfare 2 allday

Lol Yull

Hi Amoniddah and everyone else.

I don’t want to be rude but I feel like people living in rich countries don’t fight as much as people living in countries where freedom is threatened. Maybe one day it will happen to you too so you should fight for your rights while you have them or someday it will be too late. I’m from Congo and I know a lot about war and I can tell you you don’t want it to come to your doors.

Like Lissa said, fight!!!

I can’t agree more on everything that has been said here.

From HRW website:

That is true whether the abuser is a rebel group or a prime minister, and whether rights violations are perpetrated in open societies or closed ones. Among allies or foes, we apply the same human rights law

………

Every country is concerned by human rights, not only countries are war.

As a member of a peace movement in Norway, this day is the most important of the year to me. It’s the day we can recall everyone we have to watch bad behaviors and never let them go free when governments or groups decide to end freedom.

I remember last year Max Dana’s initiative and I still think it’s important great artists like her, truly committed, decide to act. Last year that’s how I discovered the Every Human Has Rights campaign and her initiative gave it a big importance. Like Lissa said, this year is very different, it is like they forgot the campaign and nothing was organized. That’s really too bad.

But we keep receiving people willing to help our peace movement so it’s important we work together to reach our goal.

PEACE PEACE PEACE

Very well said Erick! And Kenneth Roth article is also very right. As implied in the very name of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, human rights are universal―they apply equally to everyone.

Fight!

My late comment, I had an internet connection problem since yesterday

Some of you are committed into organizations and I’m not. But it doesn’t mean I don’t care!! I talk a lot with my friends and we are aware of the world we live in and do our best to be the good guys.

So little I know

Gino you shouldn’t be ashamed of anything at all! It’s already very good you are aware of the situation. Commitment will come later, if you want to

Erick I agree with your statement wholeheartedly. Max really played a big role for spreading the word about the Every Human Has Rights Campaign last year. Their website has been updated but nothing really new beside the blog entries. Very sad. And deceiving.

Anyway. Human Rights Day was commemorated in many countries and buy many people. Erick you’re a great man

Hi everybody!

I was searching for the artwork Max Dana created for the initiative, I couldn’t find it on the Gazette but I remember it was posted on Max’s blog. I’d like to print it

* Really feel ashamed *

¡Hola!

Avi, it’s here:

- 60 Signers for the 60th Anniversary Initiative fulfilled!

- Every Human Has Rights: 60 Signers for the 60th Anniversary

- “60 Signers for the 60th Anniversary” Initiative Press release

The photo with everyone holding the artwork is great. This piece of art has no price!!

Pilar, I was going to answer to Avi but you were quicker than me!

I love this photo too. But we don’t see much of the artwork…

Bises
Moshuo

Great initiative, great art piece. Great artist

Thx a lot Pilar